The president’s approach to the negotiations — and especially their aftermath — reflects a half-century of bargaining in Washington.
When someone has been around the track as long as Mr. Biden has, resisting the temptation to spike the ball and claim victory can be critical to actually securing the victory in the first place.
From the start of the clash with Mr. McCarthy’s Republicans, Mr. Biden has followed the instincts he has developed through long, hard and sometimes painful experience.
In their view, Mr. Biden was too eager to get an accord even at the expense of policy concessions they found anathema and too passive in making the case for the pact once he signed off on it.
The who-won debate now raging in Washington could shape the narrative for both parties as they navigate this new era of divided government.
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Biden, McCarthy’s, Mr, ”, Jamaal Bowman
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Senate, McCarthy’s Republicans, Republicans, Republican Party, ”
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Washington, New York